Where have I been all these months? With my head in a hole obviously. My colleague Zef alerted me to the joys of www.last.fm – and what a joyous day it was. Fleet Foxes performs tomorrow night at the SFBH here in Wellington. I like their music. So, I type their name into last.fm and […]
Congratulations to Opshop members for winning the APRA Silver Scroll last night for the song “One Day”. And here’s my ‘one-degree-of-separation’ story. Years ago I lived in Christchurch (1979 – 1985). I got involved in the music scene with Pete Rainey (Smokefree RockQuest founder). Pete had a Big Band, called the Pete Rainey Big Band. […]
Congratulations to Smokefree Rockquest. Back in 1988 a group people had a dream to promote rock music in schools. They started a competition called Rockquest, and now twenty years later that event has propelled more rock acts onto the national and international stage than any other. Here’s the evidence: Opshop; Kora; The Black Seeds; Die […]
I’m a happy man. Neil Young is coming to play. It’s confirmed. I have listened to Neil Young since I was 12. That’s 35 years long. I listen alone – Sugar gets so mad if I play Neil Young. Some people just can’t appreciate the beauty of his lyrics, his voice, and his music. I […]
Folk at work directed me to the video on the TV3 website of Yulia and Glyn talking about being stalked by Punkas.com. I have previously commented on Yulia’s talents, indirectly via a poll that the ‘wonderful’ people of Stuff ran on “who is hotter – Yulia or Hayley?” Glyn responded to my post, in defence […]
I’ve been tracking Todays Most Viewed news on Stuff for a while now – my impression is that it’s mostly to do with sex, nudity, explicit violence, or gossip. Out of the 10 stories featured each day only one or two are ‘real’ news stories where the information might influence our lives other than for […]